Jamie Snider, 30 years old, found out that she was pregnant with twins. Snider, who already had two other girls, was excited about the news. However, in every good and wonderful news, there seemed to be a bad one to follow it up. She was diagnosed with an aggressive and rare form of cervical cancer, ABC7 News reports.
Snider, who’s from Fresno, California, was carrying two babies in her stomach when she had to battle a rare form of cervical cancer at the same time. She underwent treatment and chemotherapy while she was having the pregnancy, according to ABC7.
On March 16, Snider had to force her labor and give birth to her twins, which only reached 33 weeks inside of her. Doctors had to perform a Caesarian section on her and a radical hysterectomy. Unfortunately, Snider didn’t make it through. She passed away the same day. She died from heart failure.
Snider beat the cancer for the first time before. She lost an ovary due to it. So, she was heavily surprised but of course happy that she found herself potentially carrying new lives in the form of twins when she was pregnant.
Snider went through the treatment at the Stanford Medical Center when she was pregnant. She went on remission halfway and through and cheerily posted Facebook updates.
Snider’s friend, Larina Campanile, said about a photo, “This is a good one of her and her brother. Little goofballs. But that was her smile, all the time.”
Campanile read a post by Snider on Facebook: “’Tomorrow will be a great day. God has been by my side the whole time. All your prayers and love have kept me going as well. Wish me luck. I'm having a C-section at 7 and then a radial hysterectomy right after. I'll be fine. Thank you, God, for keeping me positive through all the hard times.' And that was her last post."
The babies were named Camila and Nico and were reported to be in a healthy condition. The babies will be under Heath Coigny, the father and partner of Snider’s, and his family, in Pelham, New Jersey.
Campanile said, “What gives me peace in my heart is she got to see those babies and hold them and be with them a little bit.”
Snider’s two older daughters, Aubrey and Maddie, saw a cloud formation in the sky that they claimed resembled their mother. Sarah Lowe, Snider’s another friend, said, “Maybe she’s in the clouds. They happened to look up.”
